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Southern Language -- Part 2

By Jason Norris, Alabama Public Radio

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Tuscaloosa, AL – Southerners often joke about being able to detect a fake southern accent when watching movies. But there's more going on than just the way the words are spoken on the silver screen. In the second of his three part series on the southern language, Jason Norris explores how the entertainment industry uses it.

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